On 2007-04-02, Muhammad Fahd Waseem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have used OpenOffice.org ever since it was launched, and I always thought > of it as a better product than the otherwise prevalent Microsoft Office > series. Version 2 was what should have been a nail in the Microsoft coffin > in terms of office suites, but then along came Office 2007. > > OpenOffice should realize that finally, Microsoft has pulled a fast one over > OpenOffice.org. A revolutionary interface coupled with a huge array of > features that OpenOffice does not support or have, and Office 2007 is a > major success story.
Of course, the flip side is a new learning curve in mastering the new user interface, the price of the product itself, and often that of the underlying operating system and hardware needed to run Office2007. If you're going to have to retrain all your users anyway, why not go with OOo and save some money in the process? Don't forget the ISO standard file format you get with OOo (only available as a 3rd-party, alpha-level, Word-Processor only add-on for Office2007 at this point). > Office 2007 has also added pdf support, albeit as a plugin. Default > galleries, fonts, functions, etc are well included in here too. Microsoft > also offers higher functionality in terms of components: Sharepoint > Designer, Visio, Project, InfoPath, Publisher, OneNote. I'm sure that's all great, but you're comparing apples and oranges here. OOo is a free, volunteer-supported and developed application, while MS-Office has all the vast resources of Microsoft behind it. It would be somewhat pathetic if MS thought they could charge as much as they do for Office without putting some things in it that aren't available for free with other software. > I have always believed in the open source approach. I wish > OpenOffice.org would retaliate. The Version > 2.x line should be discontinued (and retained only for slower, ageing > systems) and a new version should be developed from ground up, using the > more advanced hardware and software technologies available nowadays. For my point of view, one of the important features of OOo is that it can be run quite well on older hardware. Not every buisness or home user can afford to dump their investment in current hardware and software to buy Vista PCs and Office2007. > It seems so sad to see my favourite office suite being finally beaten. Why do you think it is fight? OOo and MS-Office have quite different design goals. There's no reason why they cannot coexist. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
